Aside from his obsession with juggling, twelve-year-old Sullivan Mintz is as average as they come--until the night he glimpses a mysterious horse-drawn caravan outside his window and decides to follow it. He is thrilled to find an old-fashioned medicine show, with performers who are all his age. But thrill turns quickly to dread when he steps onstage for the magic act only to wake up trapped inside the caravan. As Sullivan meets the other kids and is given a chance to perform alongside them, his panic gives way to curiosity. Will he plot his escape and return to his safe but boring family? Or could being kidnapped turn out to be the best thing that has ever happened to him? Perfect for middle grade boys, here is a humorous, magic- and suspense-filled story of a kid who finds an unexpected second life with a sinister yet strangely alluring traveling medicine show.